Tilburg University

Tilburg University
Motto Understanding Society
Type Public
Established 1927
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. (E.H.L.) Emile Aarts
Students 12.113 (2014)
Location Tilburg, Netherlands
Campus Urban
School newspaper Univers
Colours
                   
Affiliations EUA / AACSB / VSNU
Website http://www.tilburguniversity.edu

Tilburg University is a public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands.

Tilburg University has a student population of about 12,000 students, about 10 percent of whom are international students. This percentage has steadily increased over the past years. Tilburg University offers both Dutch-and English-taught programs. In 2014, 39 of the total 67 (19 bachelor and 48 master programs) were English-taught.

The institution has gained a reputation in both research and education. In the field of economics, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration ranked #1 in Europe for the second consecutive time in 2007 according to the Journal of the European Economic Association with regard to publications in top journals.[1] In 2007, the Executive MBA program at the university's TIAS School for Business and Society ranked #11 in the world according to the Financial Times.[2] In the field of law, Tilburg University was ranked #1 in the Netherlands for the last three years according to Elsevier Magazine.[3] Furthermore, the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers a unique two-year master program in Medical Psychology (in Dutch), in which students are trained as scientist practitioners in the medical setting.

History

Tilburg University was founded in 1927, as the Roomsch Katholieke Handelshoogeschool (Roman Catholic University of Commerce), being located in the southern, Catholic part of The Netherlands, visible in its second change of name in 1938: Katholieke Economische Hogeschool (Catholic Economic University). In 1963 the university was once again renamed, as Katholieke Hogeschool Tilburg (Catholic University Tilburg), followed by a name change to Katholieke Universiteit Brabant (Catholic University Brabant). Although in its present name Tilburg University, the word Catholic was dropped, the university is still regarded as a Catholic university.

1969 Protests

1969 KHT protests

On April 28, 1969, students barricaded the campus buildings, demanding educational and organizational changes. Months before students had unofficially renamed the university Karl Marx University, painting this title across campus to accentuate the importance of Marxist ideas in the then primarily economics-oriented curriculum. These protests led to a widespread change in higher education across the Netherlands that was made official by the 1971 bill of Educational Reform, granting more joint decision making to students of Dutch universities.

Rankings

The QS World University Rankings[4] ranked Tilburg University as follows:

Year Netherlands In Europe In the World
2013 14th 172nd 373rd

Economics:[5]

Year Netherlands In Europe In the World
2015 1st 10th 37th
2014 2nd 14th 50th
2013 2nd 13th 42nd

Best Global Universities for Economics and Business US News Global Report:[6]

Year Netherlands In Europe In the World
2014 2nd 6th 24th

Academic Ranking of World Universities in Economics/Business:[7]

Year Netherlands In Europe In the World
2014 2nd 7th 45th

Education

The Tilburg School of Economics and Management (founded in 1927) is the oldest and largest faculty of the university. The other four faculties—Law (1963), Social and Behavioural Sciences (1963), Philosophy and Theology (1967), Arts (1981)—were founded more recently. In addition to these faculties, Tilburg University has a number of research centers and graduate schools (see below).

Undergraduate programs

Tilburg University offers a wide range of undergraduate studies, some of which are English-taught.

Tilburg School of Economics and Management

Tilburg University carrying the name it adopted in 2010

Tilburg Law School

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

School of Humanities

School of Theology

University College Tilburg

Joint Bachelor Data Science (expected, in cooperation with Eindhoven University of Technology)

Graduate programs

Tilburg University offers a range of graduate and doctoral programs, most of these are English-taught.

TU Campus (2)
TIAS School for Business and Society

School of Economics and Management

Tilburg Law School

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

School of Humanities

School of Theology

Data Science

Research

Research centres and onstitutes

Research and graduate schools

Notable alumni and faculty

Ruud Lubbers

References

  1. ↑ http://www.core.ucl.ac.be/econometrics/Bauwens/Rankings/EuropeanRanking.pdf
  2. ↑ "Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tilburg University - Searchresults". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. ↑ World University Rankings, retrieved 30 September 2010
  5. ↑ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Economics & Econometrics". Top Universities. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Top Economics and Business Universities in the World, p3 - US News Best Global Universities". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Academic Ranking of World Universities in Economics / Business - 2014 - 2014 Top 200 Universities in Economics / Business - ARWU-SUBJECT 2014". Retrieved 31 May 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 51°33′46″N 5°2′31″E / 51.56278°N 5.04194°E / 51.56278; 5.04194

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